#3EB5CF#3EB5CF

#3EB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3EB5CF
RGB	rgb(62, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -24.42, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 33.36, 222.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0891 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.109 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7682, 38.5735, 64.8959)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3EB5CF #CF583E

analogous

#3ECFA1 #3EB5CF #3E6CCF

triadic

#3EB5CF #CF3EB5 #B5CF3E

tetradic

#3EB5CF #A13ECF #CF583E #6CCF3E

square

#3EB5CF #A13ECF #CF583E #6CCF3E

split-complementary

#3EB5CF #CF3E6C #CFA13E

monochromatic

#1D6675 #2990A6 #3EB5CF #6FC8DB #A0DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#3EB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#3EB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3EB5CF

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3EB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3EB5CF	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3eb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cbdd',
    500: '#3eb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3eb5cf;
$custom-light: #86cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3eb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3EB5CF

secondary

#D4A095

accent

#6144E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #3EB5CF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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